REMARKS. 



The weather for the month was generally disappointing and dis- 

 agreeable. The rainy and lowering skies which characterized April, 

 continued without much interruption throughout May, the last third 

 of the month being especially stormy. Aside from the features inci- 

 dental to precipitation the departures from normal conditions were 

 small. 



A comparison of the records of the month with normal conditions 

 shows the following features : The barometer was generally steady 

 giving a small range ; the mean pressure was about one-tenth lower 

 than the May mean. The total wind movement was nearly normal. 

 The prevailing direction by days was more varied than usual, wind 

 from the south, however, was a prominent feature. 



The mean dew point was more than three degrees below the nor- 

 mal and the relative humidity slightly higher than usual. The mean 

 temperature was only about a degree lower than usual and the range 

 was quite small. 



The total precipitation was nearly an inch more than the unusual 

 record for April and made a new high record for May. The total 

 for the first five months of the year shows an excess of about four 

 inches. The amount of cloudiness was in keeping with the precipi- 

 tation, the hours of bright sunshine being fewer than for any previ- 

 ous May on our records. ' 



Corn planting has been delayed and much of it is not yet in. 

 Onions and tobacco have suffered from the wet weather. Grass has 

 made good progress and promises well. 



Indications are that the apple crop will be light. Peaches, so far, 

 look well. Early small fruits are backward but a good crop is 

 expected. 



J. E. O.STRANDER, 

 C. L. RICE, Meteorologist. 



Obsen'er. 



